A few weeks' full of small steps can add up to big change.

If it irks you to constantly reach past your husband's sweet relish to get to your favorite mustard, consider placing a lazy Susan on a fridge shelf. Then, each condiment (or favorite soda or yogurt!) is only a flick of the wrist away.
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Simple As That

2. Combat Paper Clutter

Your handy planner might be filled with tidy to-do lists, but somehow receipts, mail, and other scraps always end up at the bottom your purse. Glue an envelope inside the cover of your go-to notebook to create a place you can hide loose papers that you need to keep.
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The Sweetest Digs

3. Try a Different Bookshelf

Skinny spice racks (these are from IKEA) are easy to hang, and keep kids' bedtime stories handy. Plus, the colorful covers make for instant wall art.
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A Girl and a Glue Glun

4. Never Lose Tiny Stuff

Magnetic discs (meant for keeping a handyman's nails and screws steady), are great for holding bobby pins, paper clips and other metallic bits and baubles. Find them at a hardware store and spray paint them your favorite hue.
See more at A Girl and a Glue Gun »

A cake stand can visually corral the cleaning supplies near your sink. And raising the bottles helps reclaim counter space.
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The Merry Thought

7. Use Your Medicine Cabinet's Vertical Space

Small magnets securely hold your nail clippers and hair pins, and keep even the easiest-to-lose objects in plain sight. Washi tape adds a five-second decorative touch.
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A Bowl Full of Lemons

8. Double Your Kids' Closet Space

Tiny clothes mean a two-tiered system can be totally functional (no maxi dresses skimming the floor here!). Hang a second rod or place shelves in the lower half of the closet to make it work twice as hard.
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Mrs. Jones

9. Stealthily Store Your Ironing Board

Two smartly spaced coat hooks are all you need to hide your ironing board behind your laundry room door, and still gain easy access when it's time to combat creases.
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The Rookie Domestic Goddess

10. Control Thread Mess

If your kid's got a friendship bracelet habit (or if you love to craft) keep loose embroidery floss from turning into a gnarled pile by wrapping and securing it around clothespins.
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Mrs. Jones »

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Place of My Taste

11. Never Lose an Earring Again

With a display as pretty as this one (can you believe the frame is from IKEA?), you'll always remember to hang your favorite hoops and studs side-by-side.
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Oddly shaped items are often storage puzzlers. This clever mom rigged a bungee cord system to control her kids' ball collection — no matter how haphazardly they're put away. And a few well-placed wooden slats offer everything from baseball gloves to oars a place to live.
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Tidy Mom

14. Make Pet Food More Mangeable

Instead of scooping Fido's kibble from a precariously floppy bag, minimize the chance of a big spill by pouring the food into a studier, wide-mouthed bin. This one's a spray-painted popcorn canister leftover from the holidays.
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Simplette

15. Banish Cord Clutter

Until we find a way to make everything completely wireless, a tangle of cords near your TV or computer is a fact of life. But that doesn't mean you have to look at the ugly bundle. Cut an inconspicuous hole in a decorative box and tuck the surge protector inside.
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I Heart Organizing

16. Tame Your Tools

Control (and disguise!) the unruly tangle of cords that take up residence underneath your bathroom sink. All you need is a toilet paper roll to corral your hair straightener's coil.
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Lilikoi Joy

17. Display (and Store!) Necklaces

A stealthy use of drawer slides keeps your pretty chains neat and eliminates the daily rummage through your jewelry box.
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Sawdust & Embryos

18. Add a Helpful Tilt

With a well-placed rod and a few S-hooks, you can hang mini bins at an angle in your kids' closet. Now storing and sorting is literally just a toss away.
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A hanging organizer meant for shoes is perfect for tidying hats, gloves, and other pieces that end up buried behind your coats. Give each family member their own spot so getting out the door is a breeze.
See more at I Heart Organizing »

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Infarrantly Creative

21. Employ Magnetic Power

This blogger is already stretching her under-the-sink space by hanging organizers on the back of the cabinet doors. But she eeks out even more storage by topping the bins with a smart magnetic strip, perfect for coralling bobby pins and even nail clippers.
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Mad in Crafts

22. Sort Puzzle Pieces in Seconds

Avoid spending hours un-jumbling puzzles strewn about the playroom ("Is that Elsa's braid?") by quickly marking the pieces' backs and box with a unique number when you open a new one.
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Tattered Style

23. Tidy the Tiniest Items

A muffin tin provides a handy single-step solution to rallying the bits and baubles that live in your junk drawer, home office, or vanity (try it with earrings, rings, and bracelets, too).
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Tattered Style

24. Upcycle Toiletry Storage

This clever blogger found a way to clean and salvage nearly empty candles. What once held wax and wick now stores Q-tips and cotton balls — with a pretty bird on top.
See more at Life Ann Style »

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Tattered Style

25. Control Your Plastic Bag Collection

An empty wipe container compresses your grocery-store leftovers into a manageable cylinder, but still makes it easy to grab a bag in a flash.
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I Just Might Explode

26. Designate a Craft Cart

Arts supplies (your kids or yours) won't take over your whole house if you provide a compact vessel for them. This three-tiered kitchen cart (from IKEA) stops your collection from growing exponentially, and looks surprisingly cute even when stuffed with paints and papers.
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Two Twenty One

27. Separate and Secure Baking Sheets

Sheet pans are too slim and flat to stand up on their own, so they're often in disarray. Slide each one into its own spot in an office paper sorter to clearly see what you own, and avoid the clanging avalanche every time you reach for a pan. The sorter's diagonal design also provides the perfect place for rolled-up silicone mats.
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Trash to Treasure

28. Tidy Up Your Garage

Flipped on its side, a filing cabinet isn't so great at storing important papers — but it's a surprisingly stellar container for garden tools. The cabinet's drawers become deep cubbies to keep unwieldy rakes and shovels standing at attention.
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Ask Anna

29. Stow Scarves in a Small Space

Hung on the back of your closet door, a curtain rod is the perfect place to loop scarves (or hang your umbrella!). It's a slim solution that won't get in the way as you're picking out your clothes.
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Everyday Organizing

30. Line Cabinets With Helpful Bins

Can't spring for a fancy, sliding cabinet system? Plastic bins work just as well. Load them up and slide them out to reach that mixing bowl way in the back with ease.
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